Former Congress MLA Moinul Haque joined the Trinamul Congress at Jangipur in Murshidabad district on Thursday in the presence of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee.

Haque was a five-time Farakka MLA and the Congress’s in-charge for Jharkhand.

Haque accepted the Trinamul flag from Banerjee, as did nearly 200 other Congress workers from Murshidabad, which was once considered as an impregnable fortress of the Congress.

“Congress block presidents and leaders of various wings from Farakka joined Trinamul,” said a source.

Haque’s switch to Trinamul came after he had submitted a letter dated Tuesday stating that he was resigning from all posts and portfolios in the Congress.

After the induction ceremony on Thursday, Haque was seen alongside Banerjee in the campaign for Trinamul nominee Amirul Islam at the Samserganj football grounds.

“Trinamul is a party of its word. That is why it is gaining as much ground in Tripura as it is in Bengal,” Haque told journalists.